Overall Pretty Good Trip

Carnival Horizon Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 115

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Carnival Horizon

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 13, 2019

Ship: Carnival Horizon

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7258

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful cruise with family & friends. We visited these same ports back in 2016. Wanted to experience the Horizon so we took this cruise. Had a Great time overall.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth process was a little earlier than my scheduled check-in time & we were allowed to go right in.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room experience was good as usual, didn't visit any specialty restaurants this time & the buffets on the lido were okay for the most part.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Played Bingo, Watch some shows, Gambled in the casino & Watched a couple of comedy shows

Entertainment

4 out of 5
All Great

Children's Programs

No children..........

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Lido Deck Drink Waiter: Fast talked me out of a $26 drink the first day before leaving Miami that i thought was going to be $13. My fault for not paying attention before signing the receipt. I purchased a drink in one of those Tervis Tumbler cups. The waiter kept saying $13 dollars for the drink & I keep the cup. When actually it was $13 for the cup & $8.50 for the drink plus a 18% gratutity Plus state tax for FL b/c we hadn't left Miami yet..... Talk about pissed when I realized what had happened after the fact. Next time I will stop talking to family and friends and pay attention to what I'm signing. Room Steward: I. Wayan did a Great Job! Always asked my husband & I if we needed anything or etc. All other ship staff: Was Great as well.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship was clean & staff were always cleaning it seemed. Didn't care for the new elevator system as everyone else was complaining as well. Didn't like how they put the bars smack center in the atrium areas which limited seating area around the huge bar.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I liked that there was more walk around space in the cabin.

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Enjoyed Margaritaville as always.......

La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
Was apprehensive about getting off at this port b/c of all the hype going on in the DR now, I've visited this port before 3yrs. ago but decided to get off again & do a tour. Had no problems.

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
Did a tour beautiful place.....

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Love Aruba have been here before, Mad that carnival doesn't give more time at this port. Should be longest port visited........

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth & quick as embarkation. My husband and I always do express disembarkation & take our luggage off ourselves.
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2 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

cme1cms    5 years ago

Ditto and more if possible I dearly loved it. I took its third voyage out last year, their newest at the time. I was a veteran sailor but chose to visit countries by land for a many years. But I am back to cruising again....

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